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Great demonstration Chris. As I expected when I was studying the earlier thread(s) there is a clear indication of copying by Trumpeter. Thanks for taking the time to show all of us the differences and I hope this settles it.

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I most definetely won't buy this kit in the near future (the reasons being 1. Not my scale. 2. Too big for our apartment. 3. Gotta invest on the upcomig kid), but I would have thought they would have learned something. They messed up with the windscreen (and canopy) on the first version (not to mention the other details), then they went on and messed up even more on the UB! Prior this I really didn't know that even the winsdcreen was way off.

It would be cool to have a big Flanker on my shelf, but how could I convince the future mother that I need a pile of plastic and resin for a couple of hundred euros instead of nappies and that the girl has to crap on its pants 'cause daddy wanted a new toy?

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I love Zactoman's posts if for no other reason than all the "little shape details" I learn about planes from him. I (and others) consider myself a heck of a nitpicker, but I don't have half the eye for "shapes and contours" that Zactoman does--I'm envious.

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I don't know why, but you are very strict about 32th scale. Why not 48th or even 72th. It is a fact that popularity of scales is 72>48>32. If you can consider doing these kind of babies for Academy kit or smaller scale you might make more money.

Of course these are the words of a person who never touch a mold. I have no idea how difficult to reduce the size of the molds... Look ebay... I guess Sol model didn't make as much as money that people have been making by selling his stuff on ebay.

I agree making a Su-33 is probably very difficult but why not su-30 and 35 derivatives?

P.S. one can tell I am not a 32 guy, hah ;) ? 1/48 rulezz :D

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I don't know why, but you are very strict about 32th scale. Why not 48th or even 72th. It is a fact that popularity of scales is 72>48>32. If you can consider doing these kind of babies for Academy kit or smaller scale you might make more money.

Of course these are the words of a person who never touch a mold. I have no idea how difficult to reduce the size of the molds... Look ebay... I guess Sol model didn't make as much as money that people have been making by selling his stuff on ebay.

I agree making a Su-33 is probably very difficult but why not su-30 and 35 derivatives?

In order to "reduce the size of the molds" entirely new parts must be scratchbuilt by hand in 1/48.

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How in the world is 72nd the most popular???? You can't get a decal company to make decals in 72 due to lack of sales so how can they be the most popular. Like you I;m primerily a 48th builder but my 32nd collection has grown.